Vending-machine.



A. B. JONES.

VENDING l MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED DB0.1,19o8.

Paten-ned Feb.1,l9-1.

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ll'T/VESSES Q/f m y lll Home M m w Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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IV/T/VESSES A Home] lever yet depressed.

- UiviTnD sTiiTns PATENT union- ANDREW -BOURNE JONES, 0F LEXINGTON,KENTUCKY, ASSIGr'NQR T0 CENTRAL VEND- ING MACHINE COMPANY, 0F LEXINGTON,KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION.

A vENnINe-MACHINE.

Specieation of Letters'atent.

Patenten Feb. 1, 1910.'

Application tiled December 1, 1908. Serial No. 465,513.

To all whom 'it may concer/a.'

Be. it known that I, ANDREW B. JONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and .State of Kentucky,have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in .Vending- Machines, of which thefollowing is a specilication. y

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines and among itsobjects is the provision of a machine for vending ennvelops, or articlesof like eharacter,operated in conjunction with a coin, whereby thedelivery o the article is effected. Also to improve certain features ofconstruction inthis class of machines and to provide simple andeffective devices for delivering the envelop with absolute `certainty,from a stack or pile, without marring or soiling.

The invention consists essentially in a machine of this characterwherein a coin is utilized to render an actuating lever operative incombination with the envelop delivery mechanism, and also means forreturning the parts of the mechanism to normal positions.

The invention further consists in novel features of construction andcombinations and arrangements of 'parts as hereinafter set forth andclaimed. Y

In the'accompanying drawings I have illustrated one example of thephysical embodiment of my invention constructed ac# cording to the best'mode I have so far de'- vised for the practical application of theprinciples.

Referring to the drafwings in which like reference characters indicate'similar parts: Figure 1 is a front view ,of the machine,

the envelops being omitted. Fig. 2 is a' ed in the casing. Fig/.2a is adiagrammatic detail view. Fig. 3' is a rear view of the machine, theback of casing beingremoyed for convenience of illustration. Fig. 4 is aview of the operating mechanism, the parts 'shown in the position theyassume after delivering an envelop, but not yet returned to their-normalpositions, with the The casiimr which incloses the mechanism and inwhich the envelops are supported, is preferably rectangular in shape,and is passes through the leg 15 of actuating composed of metallic frontportion 1 and glass portion 2; side and rear Walls and 4, and preferablya removable wall or door 5 which provides access to the interior' of thecasing for replnishing the stock 'oiilelklfM `Velp This door maybelocked. by mea'ig:

of a staple 6 and fastening-device 7.. The

casing is divided longitudinally by the partition 8, which is preferablyinclined, for a purpose to lbe disclosed later, and at the front of thecasingterminatesat a longitudinal slot 9 formed in the front wall ot theeasing. This partition divides the casingy into upper and lowercompartments 10 and 11 in which the envelops` and operatingv mechanismare respectively located. A second vpartition 12 extends vertically ofthe casing and forms a supporting Wall upon casing and extendingrearwardly with an .incline toward the back of the casing, 'and the dropportion 15 terminates just above a pocket or coin receptacle, to' bedescribed. The leg 15 of the coin slot .pis cut awayat 16, and into thiscut away portion .or open- `ing, the bell 17 projects a suflicientdistance.

to be in the path of a fallincoin as it t e coin slot. Thus as the coinfalls and strikes the bell, a signal vis given. The bell is supported bymeans of the hanger 18 secured tothe vertical .partition'of the casing.

Thea'ctuating lever 19 is pivotally'supporte at 20 on the bracket 21',the bracket being secured to the vertical partition 12, Y'

and this lever extends through the-vertical slot 22 in thel front ofthecasing. The lever is depressible, as by means-of pressure on thebutton or handle 23, against the tension et spring 24 which is securedtothe eyelet 25 on the lever-and bracket 26 on the partition.

The operating lever27 isfree to move on the pivot 2.0 and is locatedclose to the lever 19. Both'thse levers .are free to turn 'on the pivotand are free pf each other except when connected by a coin. Tothis end apocket or recess is formed by the ofset walls 19a of lever 19, justbelow the termination -of the coin slot, and a projecting lug 19bextends across the upper portion of this recess,

c 19 to the lever i9. The `op- .leverp' is provided with a rib or recessof tne lever 19, and the lov-ver end of this rio is Ispaced for enoughfrom the lim'll Supported upon the shi't 3() are two rocker arms 3l andi 30 is provided Awith a lug or hearing portion 33 which is normally incontact with the under edge ot Carver. is shown, and projecting thecoin. t the saaie time the arm 35 will myce d e-Wn back'into position bythe spring 3S the operating lever 2'?, and is slidable thereon. Therocker arm 321.5.' connected by rod a to the pivoted lever arm 35 whichis adapted to rock on its bearing 'supported l s'iring connected at 3f)by bracket A tends to hold the lever arm in a rear- Ward location. Thisrocker armv in its movement is adapted to move the envelop deliverymeans, and to this end is connected by link 59 to the envelop ejector atthe pivot point if). The ejector -ll is a fiat `plate lavine' a turnenup end '1l-Q and a heut rear portion i3 for the pivotal connection 40.

The ejector is adapted to reciprocate forward and back vard, sliding upand dovvn the incline ot the partition 8, a, slot skt being -cnt in thepartition to accommodate the The ejector is travel of the 'bent end 43..guided in its moi-:ementv by passing under the cleat 45. The operationot die device is as follows: p

j fulfil the purposes set forth as theobject ot' A coin is 'pushedthrough the slot in the front ot the machine and passes rearwardlythrough the slot and drops down through the vertical thereof, strikingand ringing the bell in its descent. the recess hetween the actuatingand operating levers and is held therein as above described.

The coin Jfalls into secured thereto, said spring 38 being lighter, thatis, of less tensile strength than the spring rlie return movement of thearm forces back the ejector secured thereto, While at the same time itrocks the shaft and forces the arm 3l and thus the lever 28 upward intotheir normal position. lt Will be readily understood that since thespring 38 is attached to a projection on the arm 35 near its pivot pointa slight resistance applied to the upper end ot the levi s will greatlyretard the movement thereof, and as the spring has to operate a numberof parts to return them to normal position, said lever and other partsivill citer considerable resistance and will consequently be returned toposition at a much slower rate than is the lever l5), and as thepressure of the goods will bear down upon the ejector and cause ity tobind against the plate on which it is mounted, there Will bea,noticeableretardance of the yreturn of the lever 27 to normalposition. Since the coin is barely supported at all timos by the lowerend of the steeply sloping abutment Q8, the moment the retainingpressure oit the lug i9 is removed said coin will drop to the bottoni ofthe machine,

, and it will he understood that a very slight difference in the rate ofmovement of the two levers Will produce this result, althou'h inpractice I make them move at greatly different rates of speed, as willbe understood trom the foregoing.

lTrom the above description taken in coni nection with the drawings itis evident that 'lfhe actuating lever is now depressed on its pivot,carrying with it lthe operating lever, agau'is't the tension ot spring24. 'The operating lever hears down on lug 3S, rocking the tivo arms Ell'and 32 with the sliatt 30. The rocking ot' arm pulls on rod 34, thusdrawing the lever arm 35. forivard on its pivot, and through the mediumot the link -ll the ejector is carried forward. .is the ejector uuivestorivard, the 'curved up trout eiul 42, engages under the flap of thelovferuiost envelop 50, as clearlyvshown in li`ig. 2, and the continuedforward movement o'll llie ejector forces the envelopthrough the lrontlongitudinal slot ylhe envelop liaving been delivered, the purchaservill nati urally release the lever l?, which lever will through themedium or". the heavy spring 2e! he immediately and torcihly returned tonormal position. renuiving the pressure trom l have produced a mechanismwhich Will my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is: t

in a vending machine," the combination with the frame, of an inclinedpartition secured therein and dividing the frame into tvv'o superposedcompaitiiients, said frame having a slot formed therein just. abovetheloiver end o't' the partition, an ejector mounted on the partition andadapted to Work through said slot, said ejector having a curved rear end4adapted to project downwa rd through and move in a slot formed in thepartition, a rock lever pivotally secured to the treme, a linkoperatively connecting toe lcf'ter to the end of the ejector, a rootshaft iournaled in the hase of the machine, said sliait being providedwith a pair ot' a ruis, a link connecting one ot the arms with the rocklever, an abutment carried by the other arnnan actuating lever and anoperating Vlever mounted on a common pivot near the rear of the machine,said operating lever being so positioned asv to contact with theabutment on the rock arm for moving the latter, and the actuating leverbeing proand a lighter spring for more graduallyrevided With an upperand the operating lever turning al1 the other parts to position. 10

with a lower abutment, said abutments to- In testimony whereof I alx mysignature, getherforming a pocket to receive a coin to in presence oftwo Witnesses. lock the levers together, a. heavy spring forANDREW'BOURNE 'J ONES. instantly returning the actuating lever toWitnesses:

position and remove the pressure from the O. B.. AMBROSE, I

coin to permit it to drop out of the pocket, 1 I GEO. B. ROSE.

